5 Reasons Why Santa Claus Is a Hockey Fan
By JP Powell
Dec 6, 2014; Raleigh, NC, USA; Santa Claus waves to the crowd during a break in the second half between the Wake Forest Deamon Deacons and North Carolina State Wolfpack at PNC Arena. North Carolina State won 78-65. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA Today.
#1. Santa Claus May Have Helped Create Hockey
This history of hockey has its origins in Europe in the 1830’s and ’40’s. As I pointed out earlier in this article, Santa Claus has Dutch origins and the Netherlands is in Europe. The Netherlands is (on a world scale) right next door to England, which is where some of the earliest instance of hockey can be found.
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What this indicates is that Santa Claus became known to the world right about the same time hockey was being developed in his general neck of the woods. On top of that, Santa Claus’s first went to the North Pole in the 1850’s…just as hockey was taking hold in Canada! Santa Claus was both in Europe and Canada when hockey was becoming popular.
There you have it: Santa Claus is a hockey fan.
What team does Santa Claus root for?
The answer, I think, is twofold. First, I feel confident in proclaiming Santa Claus to be a Detroit Red Wings fan. His red and white Santa suit certainly sports the Redwings colors. The other team is the Edmonton Oilers, but that is mainly because the Oilers would be his market team since they are the NHL team furthest north. Santa Claus likely has NHL Game Center, but it is reasonable to assume he rooted for Edmonton in the 1980’s when the Oilers had Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier.